From the end of the world

Chapter 631 The Direction to Save Little Bowl

Becoming a child of divinity is not something one can simply choose; even acquiring a fraction of the qualities of a child of divinity is an incredibly difficult feat. If it were truly so easily attainable, Xuanming wouldn't have been so fixated on the small bowl, and he would likely have had a wider range of options in his sacrificial rites. Historically, those children of divinity were unable to relinquish their attributes, nor could they bestow such qualities upon anyone other than themselves.

Coincidentally, a small bowl is just the right thing to do.

I turned to look at Xiaowan, and she seemed to realize the same thing at the same time, and our eyes met.

Xiao Wan can use her blessing power to grant me a portion of the properties of a child of divinity, allowing me to rapidly adapt to and analyze the chaotic spacetime of the apocalypse. Ma Zao and Zhu Shi can also receive the exact same blessing from her. The prerequisite for Zhu Shi's current closed-door cultivation to communicate and forge the Yama Sword is that he can maintain a portion of the properties of a child of divinity endlessly, 24 hours a day.

In other words, it seems that the prerequisites for Asahi to obtain the power of the Great Impermanence from the planet's natural will have been met.

"Huh? Why are you all so quiet?"

As the unwitting proposer, Yuchi had no idea what enlightenment he had given us; he just stared at us blankly.

I suppressed the emotions surging within me and calmly began to consider the feasibility of the plan.

To be precise, the Humanitarian Divine Weapon, as the prototype, grants its wielder all the properties of a child of divinity, while the small bowl can only grant a portion of those properties. If there's any obvious problem with this plan to have Asaha imitate the operating principles of the Humanitarian Divine Weapon to gain immense power, it lies in this aspect. However, even so, considering the enormous rewards, this plan still holds immense value in terms of challenge.

The source of power for the Blessed Monks of the "Apocalypse Era" is the natural will of the planet—the Gospel of Naraku. Although Asaho always calls himself a Blessed Monk, his source of power is not the Gospel of Naraku, but rather the cultivation of orthodox monks.

However, if everything goes smoothly, Mazao might become a super blessed cultivator who surpasses all other blessed cultivators.

The Humanity Divine Weapon is backed by the Will of Naraku, and its ultimate power can grant the wielder enough strength to open the third gate; while the power of the Naraku Gospel far exceeds the Will of Naraku. If Asahaya receives the full blessing of the Naraku Gospel, how strong will he become?

I am fully aware that if Asahaya becomes too powerful, I will only suffer greatly when I become her enemy in the future, but I simply cannot bring myself to object. I really want to know how strong Asahaya can become, even if it might become an insurmountable wall.

After dinner, we left the manor. Yuchi saw us to the gate and then said goodbye. After we had walked a distance, I looked back. He was still standing in front of the gate, but he wasn't looking at us; he seemed to be staring blankly at the sky. After we turned the corner, he disappeared from sight.

"Brother Zhuangcheng, I will explain this to Sister Mazao later, okay?" Xiaowan asked.

"I'd be more than happy to," I said.

"I knew you would say that."

Xiao Wan smiled slightly, then said seriously, "However, this matter must be considered carefully, and we can never be too careful. I will also advise Sister Mazao not to rush things. Even if we don't have this power, we must not be careless or rash."

After her reminder, although I had some thoughts, I still humbly asked, "Why is that?"

“Brother Zhuangcheng may lack a real understanding of this. You should know that the greater the power, the higher the risk of wielding it. It’s like trying to catch a heavy object falling from the sky that you don’t even know if you can handle. If you’re not careful, not only will you not get what you want, but you will also destroy yourself,” Xiaowan said. “The Yama Sword will release its power according to the synchronization between the sword master and himself. It won’t release the power of the Great Impermanence right away. Human divine weapons may also have other safety mechanisms, but the power that the planet’s natural will has imposed on Sister Mazao may not be like that.”

"No, I'm even certain that the planet's natural will didn't take into account Asaho's limits. Although it seems like they're nurturing Asaho to become stronger, even if Asaho really grows into a Great Impermanence, does that mean she can use the power of reversion to restore the wrong world and correct all the wrong human history? It's impossible."

"From the very beginning, Asahi was burdened with a weight far exceeding what an individual's fate could bear... It's best not to assume that such power has any safety features. Besides, there are other worrying issues..."

"Most importantly, Asaha-neechan is not in perfect condition right now either."

Just as Xiaowan pointed out, Mazao's soul still has a final flaw, a wound that can only be healed by refining the flesh and blood of the Great Demon Xuanwu into a miraculous elixir. This weakness should not be underestimated; a thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole. If she is to withstand the immense power capable of elevating herself to a level above Great Impermanence, she must remain perfectly flawless, inside and out.

The naval commander Xuanwu is most likely in the southern city where Xuanming and Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang are locked in a standoff. It's necessary for me to intensify my efforts and infiltrate the barrier surrounding the southern city as soon as possible. At the same time, I haven't forgotten another very important matter.

That is, how to ensure that Xiaowan, while fulfilling her mission as the embodiment of dreams, can continue to exist in this world.

I knew I couldn't possibly find a reliable answer with my own knowledge and wisdom, so I decided to seek advice from the most knowledgeable and wise person within my field of knowledge.

The next day, I returned to the ruins of that eastern coastal city and found the divination master who was in charge there.

He was still slowly pushing forward with the work of transforming his own Law of Heaven and Earth into a magic array, but it seemed unlikely to be completed in the short term. Since it involved the Great Impermanence's own inherent Law of Heaven and Earth, it appeared even Yuchi couldn't help the Divination Master, especially since Yuchi was currently focused on developing the teleportation array for Dushuo Mountain. Meanwhile, Fazheng continued to pull Jian Feixian along to save the ordinary people affected by the chaotic spacetime of the apocalypse.

I also found Fazheng along the way and transmitted my understanding of the chaotic post-apocalyptic spacetime to him through mental synchronization. However, this was very inefficient because the understanding was unsystematic information, filled with a lot of subjective feelings based on my own abilities. It certainly helped, but I couldn't expect Fazheng to be as at ease in the chaotic post-apocalyptic spacetime as I was right away.

However, at least it can provide Fazheng with a starting point for analyzing the chaotic spacetime of the apocalypse, which should also benefit his current work. As a collaborator with a temporarily aligned stance, before completing the intrusion into the southern city's barrier, I also plan to dedicate my efforts to helping search for and rescue the scattered disaster victims.

I also sent the same information to Jian Feixian, and did the same when I met the Divination Master later, and also raised my questions.

"How can I make the incarnation of a dream, who has finally let go of his obsessions, continue to exist...?" the diviner pondered. "This is truly a formidable problem for me. The reason the incarnation of a dream exists is because of the existence of dreams."

"This dream is its obsession and its mission. Do you know what you are asking for? It's like asking me how to pour all the water out of the cup while keeping the water inside."

I understand that this is an unreasonable request, and after hearing his description, I felt as if I were being unreasonable. Although it's impossible to give up so easily, I still couldn't help but feel like I'd hit a wall.

"Is there really no other way?" I asked.

The fortune teller smiled slightly, then changed the subject: "--That's not necessarily true."

Upon hearing this, I suddenly realized that what this old man liked most was to tease his conversation partners with unexpected twists and turns in his conversations and to watch their ever-changing emotions.

"At least I got my way this time."

The divination master laughed and then explained, "What I just described was only the incarnation of a dream under normal circumstances, but according to your previous explanation, the divine child next to you named Xiaowan is obviously not a normal incarnation of a dream, right?"

"She was a spirit born from the dreams of her mother and daughter. She should have kept her mission in mind and carried it out steadfastly whenever she had the chance. However, due to the chaotic spacetime of the apocalypse, she forgot her entire origin and could not even recall her own obsessions. Later, due to a series of coincidences, she developed new obsessions and missions."

"Just as time and space in the afterlife are out of control, her nature as the embodiment of dreams has also become out of control. Whether this phenomenon is good or bad is another matter, but it is crucial to your purpose. Because it means that in her, in addition to the 'motherly component' and the 'daughter component,' a component unique to her existence has been born."

"She herself has said it, hasn't she? She has the memories of both mother and daughter, but she can't fully embody either of those two perspectives... It's because she deviated from her original path due to various unexpected events that she is no longer purely a mixture of mother and daughter, but has become an existence with a third-party self."

"So, even after she has completed her mission, she won't disappear?" I asked.

“No, even if she has independent components, she is not a completely independent existence,” the divination master said. “To give an example, suppose she is not an ethereal spirit, but a human girl with flesh and blood. The ‘third-party self component’ occupies 10% of her body, and of the remaining 90%, half belongs to the daughter and half belongs to the mother.”

"Then what would happen if we cut off and destroyed 90% of that flesh and blood? Could a human whose body has been destroyed to the point where only one-tenth of its mass remain survive?"

(End of this chapter)